Photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid for recalcitrant familial benign pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease)

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 740-742

  Ruiz Rodriguez, Ricardo ^a   Alvarez, J G ^a   Jaen P ^a   Acevedo, A ^b   Cordoba S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; METHOTREXATE; RETINOID; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG FORMULATION; EMULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036828128     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.124802     Document Type: Article

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